Monthly Archives: March 2017

Longer-term outcomes of very preterm babies, what should we measure, when and why?

Posted on 29 March 2017 by Keith Barrington

Two recent articles have discussed the issue of what outcomes we should measure to analyze neurological and developmental progress in the preterm baby. Both are thoughtful critical pieces that say many things that we need to think about as we … Continue reading →

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Single Family Rooms in the NICU

Posted on 24 March 2017 by Keith Barrington

We have just moved to a brand new NICU, with 80 beds, in 60 single family rooms, and 10 twin rooms. It is enormous, and beautiful, each room has a parent space with a smallish pull out bed (not enough … Continue reading →

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Running for Neonates, and their families

Posted on 2 March 2017 by Keith Barrington

On April the 23rd I will be running a half marathon, as part of the PAF-Néonat team of Sainte Justine Hospital. We are raising funds for the partnering with families program, which involves parents in clinical care, research and education … Continue reading →

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Reading Research: Subgroups and Observational studies

Posted on 1 March 2017 by Keith Barrington

In publications of randomized controlled trials, subgroup analyses are frequently performed. The idea behind such analyses being to determine whether one group or another has a different result to the overall results, for example, whether boys or girls have more … Continue reading →

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